The Christian Guy that was Beat Up was "Properly Convicted."

Coming to a court near you - OK. Now picture this. A 69-year-old man promoting the sin of homosexuality on a street corner. He has a sign touting something like, 'Stop hatred, Embrace Homosexuality. Free Love 4 Everyone!"

He's just standing there. On the corner. Perhaps he walks around a bit, up and down the street.

It's a protest he is making as others walk by.

But a crowd of thirty to forty people gather around and jeer at this man. They call him names, they jostle him, someone throws dirt on him, there's a struggle, water gets poured over his head, there's more struggling as someone attempts to take the sign from him, and he is pushed to the ground.

The police arrive and who do they arrest? The man with the sign of course. After all he was inciting violence with "threatening, abusive, or insulting" language.

Now, can you hear the collective rush of the media outlets? The speed with which they would come to the aid of this man, would create a vacuum inducing sonic boom.

The headlines would be "Hate Crime Committed by Homophobes and POLICE!" They would call for the firing of the police and the hanging of the crowd that assaulted the man with the sign. And of course, the man would be released and given and sufficient "I'm sorry" likely followed with some cash.

But now, how would this play out if we reversed the main character in this little stage play.

The man carrying the sign is a not promoting the sin of homosexuality but is instead carrying a sign that reads, "Stop Immorality, Stop Homosexuality, Stop Lesbianism."

The crowd, well, they do the same thing and so do the police. Only the media. Well, they put their blinders on and the man is forced to pay $1,275.00 in fines and legal costs.

It happened. WorldNetDaily™ has the story and it gets depressingly worse.

Turns out that the man was Harry Hammond and he has passed away. But his family and defenders didn't forget him. His lawyers argued posthumously before Britain's High Court claiming that he had the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression.

Sadly, WND informs us that the high court ruled that Hammond was "properly convicted" and that his behavior "went beyond legitimate protest." Keep in mind he didn't physically assault anybody, but that he was physically assaulted by the crowd.

The Great Separation continues.